Comedy – Flip Screen

A young white woman with a tall blonde ponytail staring intently at a Black woman around the same age with long wavy hair. They are in a room full of green and orange lights and mirrors.

Future Cult Classics Born in 2021

By: notmckinzie 10th Dec 202110th Dec 2021

Film, Opiniona24, barb and star, Comedy, cult, cult film, fear street, Horror, lionsgate, m night shyamalan, neon, netflix, Old, pig, zolaLeave a Comment

“What I can see is the cult cinema of tomorrow: the films that genre freaks and film school contrarians will use to enhance their Letterboxd favorites with the aura of obscure good taste.”

A young woman and young man standing beside one another on the street at night. The woman has mid-length wavy brunette hair, looking to the left while wearing a black off-the-shoulder top and white shirt. The man has dark brunette hair and wears a green hoodie that says "GREENHILL WOLVES" in white lettering, with a design on the front. His hood covers his head, and he also looks to the left.

REVIEW: ‘Freshman Year’ (2019) is a Romantic Ode to Messy, Lonely, Glorious College Years

By: Joshua Sorensen 28th Sep 202128th Sep 2021

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“Who among us hasn’t felt as if everyone else was sent a secret email containing instructions on how to succeed in the real world and we weren’t cc’ed?”

INTERVIEW: Meghan Weinstein, Kasia Szarek, and Shantell Yasmine Abeydeera Talk ‘The Influencer’

By: notmckinzie 14th Sep 202116th Sep 2021

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One of our editors, McKinzie Smith, hopped on Zoom to talk to ‘The Influencer’ director Meghan Weinstein, as well as the film’s stars Kasia Szarek and Shantell Yasmine Abeydeera.

REVIEW: ‘The Influencer’ (2021) Questions Internet Celebrity Morality

By: notmckinzie 14th Sep 202116th Sep 2021

Film, ReviewsComedy, Horror, horror comedy, internet, kasia szarek, megan weinstein, the influencer, thrillerLeave a Comment

What ‘The Influencer’ understands is that posting will not save us. Salvation has to come from elsewhere, if it will come at all.

Image is from the film Bridesmaids (2011). Three woman stand together in a parking lot. One is blonde and is wearing a black blazer, one has dark hair and is wearing a purple cardigan whilst behind them a dark blonde woman wears a white dress. They all appear to be looking at something in front of them.

[Between the Lines] The ‘Bridesmaids’ (2011) Screenplay Holds Up 10 Years Later

By: Gavin Spoors 4th Jun 20219th Jul 2021

Anniversaries, Between The Lines: Diving Into the World of Screenwriting, Columns, Featured, FilmAnnie Mumolo, BetweenTheLines, Bridesmaids, Comedy, Kristen Wiig, screenplay, womenLeave a Comment

This month Bridesmaids will be celebrating its ten year anniversary, a modern commercial and critical hit.

Image still from the sci-fi film Undergods. A wide-shot of a ruined, cold and blue-tinged apocalyptic landscape, full of burnt, crumbling buildings stretching into the sky. A lone vehicle drives through the middle of a long and empty road.

REVIEW: Chino Moya’s ‘Undergods’ (2021) is a Humorously Bleak Sci-fi Warning of a Future Already Here

By: Kevin Woodley 14th May 202112th May 2021

Featured, Film, Reviewsburn gorham, chino moya, Comedy, dystopia, film review, geza rohrig, Horror, kate dickie, ned denahy, sci-fi, undergodsLeave a Comment

Undergods firmly wants you to feel every inch of its bizarre horror landscape of a future that might not only be around the corner but is already here.

Image is from the TV Series, 'Search Party'. A young woman with a buzzed haircut and a few small tattoos is chained to a chair.

REVIEW: In Series Four, ‘Search Party’ Returns to Its Roots

By: Carmen Paddock 2nd Feb 20211st Feb 2021

Reviews, TVAlia Shawkat, Comedy, john early, john paul reynolds, meredith hagner, review, search party, TVLeave a Comment

Seeing the characters so inverted brings the show back to its roots, but this time viewers know both sides of the story from the start.

Angela Bettis in horror-comedy 12 Hour Shift. A woman in a light blue nurse uniform looks alarmed and annoyed, her gown and face are covered in blood. The background is a grey, bluish wall of an autopsy room.

REVIEW: Brea Grant’s Frenetically Fun Dark Horror Comedy ‘12 Hour Shift’ (2020) Flies Past

By: Kevin Woodley 24th Jan 202123rd Jan 2021

Featured, Film, ReviewsAngela Bettis, Brea Grant, Chloe Farnworth, Comedy, David Arquette, Film, Horror, reviewLeave a Comment

Grant’s film treads a fine line of stone-faced humour, exploitation, and bloody violence, but a female centric cast and memorable performances make this an energetic and curious calling card

An elderly couple (played by Shelia McCarthy and Julian Richings) hold each other in panic. They're standing in a dimly lit hallway. The woman has dishvelled white hair and the man has thin receeding hair. The man looks calmer than the woman, who is more alarmed by what she is looking at.

REVIEW: ‘Anything for Jackson’ (2020) is a Delightfully Twisted Horror With Real Charm

By: Kevin Woodley 20th Dec 2020

Featured, Film, ReviewsAnything For Jackson, Comedy, drama, film review, Horror, Julian Richings, Justin G. Dyck, Keith Cooper, Konstantina Mantelos, Sheila McCarthy, shudderLeave a Comment

Featuring a demonic contortionist that will make you scream, Dyck’s swerve into the horror genre is well worth an evening’s sacrifice.

Jim Carey as Joe Biden and Maya Rudolph as Kamala Harris stand back to back in a promo for the new season of SNL.

SNL at (and on) 45: The Heat Death of Satire

If you measure the success of a satire in the direct annoyance of its target, then SNL may be top of the pile, (but) satire is not for the leaders; it is for the people.